Definition of "axiom" []

• A self-evident or universally recognized truth; a maxim: "It is an economic axiom as old as the hills that goods and services can be paid for only with goods and services” ( Albert Jay Nock). (noun)
• An established rule, principle, or law. (noun)
• A self-evident principle or one that is accepted as true without proof as the basis for argument; a postulate. (noun)

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• "Use of the term axiom reinforces that our computational model is a mathematical, formal system and that analogue execution is a form of deduction from the axioms or assumptions explicitly programmed into the model."
• "Although he lacks the historical context to articulate Kant's Categorical Moral Imperative, he describes a Supreme Being for whom something akin to this axiom is the ultimate measure of a man, a God who believes that one's ethical duty is to acquire and exercise wisdom, to evaluate and constantly re-evaluate one's beliefs -- including what one's ethical duty is -- by applying the utmost objectivity to one's own preconceptions and prejudices."
• "So if the math relates to a physics matter the "axiom" is tested."